Bayreuth Live 1934

[pinintra]

...Die guten alten zeiten!!!

[vstasov]

His last 'heil' was majestic.

[Tiefland1913]

This is the same performance Kirsten Flagstad sings Gutrune. It was her role debut and she sang it 3 times that season, but as far as I can tell despite her numerous Wagner performances she never sang it again. How I wish they would have filmed all of it. Thank you for posting.

[Alidoro]

Gracias por este clip.

[shylock2]

Incroyable! Personne ne peut plus chanter Wagner comme ces deux là!

[chepin85]

Regardless of Leider's marked or botched high C this is awesome and great full voiced singing. Cheers to Leider and Lorenz!

[callasnuts]

On this clip: Max Lorenz,Frieda Leider,Heinz Tietjen,Paul Eberhard,Emil Preetorius,

Winifried Wagner,conductor: Karl Elmendorff

[callasnuts]

On this clip:

Siegfried: Max Lorenz,Brunhilde:Frieda Leider,Director: Heinz Tietjen,Set designer: Emil Preetorius,Lighting designer: Paul Eberhard,Artistic director: Winifried Wagner,conductor: Karl Elmendorff

[callasnuts]

On this clip:

Siegfried: Max Lorenz,Brunhilde:Frieda Leider,Director: Heinz Tietjen,Set designer: Emil Preetorius,Lighting designer: Paul Eberhard,Artistic director: Winnifried Wagner,conductor: Karl Elmendorff

[rumpwrestler]

He sang this performance at a rehearsal, Bayreuth. NO ONE LIKE LORENZ....totally amazing!

[robertwbecker]

Max Lorenz is a Maginicent Heldon of all time,, MY FAVORITE of All time,,, Long Live Max Lorenz!!!!!!!!!

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

why can't anyone sing like this anymore!!

[div311]

they can they just don't get hired

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

really?

[VivaRenata]

@div311 How true! I love your comment and it's right on target.

[amonasro100]

Obwohl -Frieda Leider den letzten Ton abbricht ist das Duett einfach umwerfend gesungen. Wer kann heute noch so singen? Niemand mehr - tempi passato

[SENAFOREVER]

Nein, my dear, sie abbricht nicht den letzen Ton, she is marking, this is a rehearsal.

[VivaRenata]

@amonasro100 "Tempi passati" to be correct, but of course I agree with you. Flagstad did her second season in Bayreuth that year. In 33 she did one of the Walküre sisters and a Rhine maiden, but in 34 she sang Gutrune. She learned a great deal and there is a short clip of her listening to this very rehearsal. As you said, "Nimmer mehr".

[amonasro100]

@VivaRenata

Thank you for correcting me. You are right Tempi passati not tempi passato.

Sorry, my emotions by music made me incorrect.

Still I am looking forward to see the new production of Lohengrin in Bayreuth.

Best regards - and Renata Tebaldi is still one of the very greatest after WW II.

[Imogenn]

Brilliant singing! How wonderful to see Lorenz on stage.

[TourneledosRossini]

Document inouï. Merci beaucoup.

[mozzrt]

How thrilling, thankyou!

[isabelle070209]

Ouahhh le voir en VRAI..

[tantris3]

It seems unfair not to have any comment on the tenor who was one of the best of his day. Bravo Max you also saved your wife from a concentration camp. Double bravo!

[figliaimpuradibolena]

I can't say how I adore her and excuse me for being Beckmesserish, but she didn't real get the final C ...

[SENAFOREVER]

This was a REHEARSAL. Hence her avoiding the high C, she's "marking".

[T2431]

I have recordings with her - and she seemed always to have some problems with her the highest notes (like this high C)...

[grig035]

Actually, in her recording of this duet with Fritz Soot, the high C comes out quite thrillingly sustained at the end. I'm inclined to assume that this clip's being a rehearsal is the chief factor here.

[JefRoberts]

She was such an amazing artist. Huge, beautiful voice, under great control. Magnificent! I am grateful for even this short clip of her on film to go with the recordings she made. Thanks for posting.

[winegum123456789]

Toatally agree

[frederickletterblair]

OMG! Is that Herr Boehm?

[JefRoberts]

I am pretty sure its Heinz Tietjen - Bayreuth Artistic director at the time and also had of the Berlin State opera

[frederickletterblair]

Thank you.

[tannenbergbund]

Es lebt Bayreuth!

[jkircher314]

Thank you so much for posting this. She is such a stupendous singer - her voice was immense, huge, gorgeous! Listen to how she cuts right through the orchestra.